CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-3971

Improper Access Control

Published: Oct 28, 2015 | Modified: Oct 28, 2015
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The debug interface on Janitza UMG 508, 509, 511, 604, and 605 devices does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to read or write to files, or execute arbitrary JASIC code, via a session on TCP port 1239.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Umg_508 Janitza - (including) - (including)
Umg_509 Janitza - (including) - (including)
Umg_511 Janitza - (including) - (including)
Umg_604 Janitza - (including) - (including)
Umg_605 Janitza - (including) - (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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